75-6119. Exception from liability for members of governing body, appointive board, commission, committee or council of a municipality.
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75-6119. Exception from liability for members of governing body, appointive board, commission, committee or council of a municipality.
(a)A member of a governing body of a municipality who is acting within the scope of such member's office and without actual fraud or actual malice shall not be liable for damages caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of such member or governing body.
(b)A member of any appointive board, commission, committee or council of a municipality who is acting within the scope of such member's office and without actual fraud or actual malice shall not be liable for damages caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of such member or board, commission, committee or council.
(c)Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the liability of a municipality for damages caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of the governing body, or any appointive board, commission, committee or council, of the municipality, or any member thereof, and the negligence or wrongful act or omission of any member of such a governing body, board, commission, committee or council, when acting as such, shall be imputed to the municipality for the purpose of apportioning liability for damages to a third party pursuant to K.S.A. 60-258a and amendments thereto.
(d)This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas tort claims act.